books about: illiteracy     books:     Illiteracy      Teaching Reading and Writing in Spanish and English in Bilingual and Dual Language Classrooms, Second Edition David E. Freeman, Yvonne S. Freeman Heinemann, 2006 they still fight the good fight This is a wonderful book! It is for teachers who think, reason and care more about teaching the students in front of them rather than graphs, rankings and standardized tests. The Freemans detail how the US political climate has impacted bilingual education since 1994 ...             Excursions in Modern Mathematics (6th Edition) Peter Tannenbaum Prentice Hall, 2006 it's a good book this book explains the material in an understandable way. it has lots of examples and the homework section covers everything. i highly recommend it.             Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children John Wood Collins, 2007 John Wood discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his life's work not at business school or helping lead Microsoft's charge into Asia in the 1990s but on a soul-searching trip to the Himalayas. He made the difficult decision to walk away from his lucrative career to create Room to Read, a nonprofit organization that promotes education ...             The Knowledge Deficit E. D. Hirsch Houghton Mifflin, 2006 Required Reading for all Pedagogs Hirsch continues to offer American education the kind of solutions that will really work in fostering Cultural Literacy in our kids. Unfortunately, his hard-nosed logic and extensive empiricism combine to make this tough book (among his others) all but unattainable to ...             Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children John Wood Collins Business, 2007 inspirational great read about taking chances, following your heart and making a difference. if this story doesn't inspire you to reach out and help your community, you probably are too self absorbed. better written than three cups of tea.             Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences John Allen Paulos Hill and Wang, 2001 A must This book explains why we are so easily manipulated. Follow the numbers and a larger truth emerges.             Other People's Words: The Cycle of Low Literacy Victoria Purcell-Gates Harvard University Press, 1997 Accessible Study of Illiteracy Purcell-Gates avoids the weighty conventions of academic writing and thus opens her studies and insights to the larger world. The book recounts her experiences over two years tutoring a completely illiterate mother and her nearly equally illiterate son. ...             Best Practices in Literacy Instruction, Third Edition The Guilford Press, 2007 Best Research in Field Dr. Gambrell has done a thorough work in "Best Practices...." and the research is impeccable. I will be using this as my guide to literacy instruction for a long time.             Content Area Reading and Literacy: Succeeding in Today's Diverse Classrooms (5th Edition) Donna E. Alvermann, Stephen Phelps, ... Allyn & Bacon, 2006             Words Their Way with English Learners: Word Study for Spelling, Phonics, and Vocabulary Instruction (Words ... Donald R. Bear, Lori Helman, ... Prentice Hall, 2006 Words Their Way is the Best! I use Words Their Way in my classroom all the time. I love the way it teaches my students to spell logically and developmentally. I can tell a lot about my students understanding about how English words are written and pronounced by the way they read and spell a ...             Vocabulary Acquisition: Implications for Reading Comprehension The Guilford Press, 2006             Reading for Information in Elementary School: Content Literacy Strategies to Build Comprehension Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher Prentice Hall, 2006             Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten: A Multicultural Perspective (2nd Edition) Janice J. Beaty, Linda Pratt Prentice Hall, 2006             Content Literacy for Today's Adolescents: Honoring Diversity and Building Competence (5th Edition) William G. Brozo, Michele L. Simpson Prentice Hall, 2006 Content Literacy for Today’s Adolescents, Fifth Edition, provides fresh, contemporary insights to help teachers develop adolescents' literacy skills within their respective content disciplines. Based on clearly defined, principled practice, the book discusses strategies for expanding comprehension, creating motivating learning contexts, ...             Information Literacy Instruction that Works: A Guide to Teaching By Discipline and Student Population Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2006 Information literacy and library instruction are at the heart of the academic library s mission. But how do you bring that instruction to an increasingly diverse student body and an increasingly varied spectrum of majors? 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